ACTIVE FROZEN MEAT MARKET.
The Bank of New Zealand Produce Department has received the following advice irom its London office as at close of business this week: "The market for wether mutton is more active owing to shorter supplies from the Argentine. The market is firm with an tipwaTd tendency. There is a little better inquiry for ewes. The ■market for lambs is firm, and there is a good demand. There is a fair demand for beef. Wethers, light 5d to 6d per lb, heavy iVid to sd; ewes, 3%d to 3%d; lambs, 2's 8d to B%d, B's SYad to B%d, 4's 8 3-8 d to 8 5-Bd, seconds 7d to 7%d; ox hinds, 3d to 5%d; ox fores, 3d to Z'Ad; cow hinds, 4d to 4 ]/id; cow fores, 2%d to 3d.
Messrs. Levin and Co. are also advised from London of current prices, and veporfc as follows: "As compared with last week's quotations. North Island second quality lamb, l-8d per lb higher; others unchanged. Best North Island wether, under 481b %d per lb higher, 48-561b l-8d per lb higher, 56-641b 3,4 d per lb higher, fi4-721b l-8d per lb higher. North Island ewes, l-8d per lb higher. The lamb market is steady. The market for mutton is fiim, with good demand.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 71, 20 September 1930, Page 12
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213ACTIVE FROZEN MEAT MARKET. Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 71, 20 September 1930, Page 12
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